Paratroopers from the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, board a C-130J Super Hercules in preparation for a joint forcible entry exercise during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Yokota News

  • 374th CES programs flight puts Yokota "on the map"

    Almost every facility at Yokota contains a map of either the base a building or both to help personnel find their way around. Have you ever stopped and wondered how these maps were created or who was responsible for making them? The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron's Civil Engineer Programs flight

  • CFC announces results for 2010 campaign

    Each year, Yokota Air Base participates in the annual Combined Federal Campaign. At the end of the year, the squadrons who have contributed the most money are recognized in an awards ceremony.This year's ceremony was originally slated for March; however, it was postponed until July 11 as a result of

  • Air Force releases updated dress and appearance instructions

    The Air Force's instruction on dress and personal appearance recently received an appearance upgrade with the release of the updated instruction on July 18. Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance, received the facelift after several years of interim updates as uniform items

  • Mullen: U.S.-Japan Alliance Serves as Model for Others

    The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on his first visit to Japan since it suffered a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, today praised the U.S.-Japanese alliance and said the two nations must expand such relations throughout the Pacific region.Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, speaking at a news

  • New FSS gift card program begins AF-wide

    In June, the Air Force Services Agency initiated an Air Force-wide gift card program to give customers a convenient way to spend at participating force support squadron locations."Air Force bases all over have conducted various coupon programs locally for many of their FSS activities," said Amanda

  • Video - AMC Rodeo

    The bi-annual Air Mobility Command Rodeo is a competition mostly for fliers, but there's also a part in the competition for Security Forces. Airman Ryan Lis talked to SSgt Jared Korman and SSgt Lawrence Alexander to find out how the members of Yokota's Security Forces Squadron are training hard to